On March 7, 2012, an 18-year-old Sacramento man was walking with his girlfriend near Beach Street and Riverside Avenue when he was approached by several teens who taunted him and asked him his gang affiliation.

The man said he wasn't in a gang, and Garcia and seven other teens chased him to Second Street, where the man was stabbed in his back and chest.

He was taken to a hospital and eventually recovered. Authorities arrested eight teens in the attack.

Garcia, who was arrested at age 17, was charged an adult. The other defendants charged as adults - Julio Cesar Carrera and Jorge Luis Cruz - also have pleaded no contest to attempted murder and gang participation but have not yet been sentenced, prosecutors said.

All the men are from Santa Cruz.

Prosecutors have said Carrera was the stabber and is expected to be sentenced to 15 years in prison.